Man Stabs Passengers on German Train in Possible Terror Attack

A man with an axe attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesman said.

The spokesman said the attack happened on a local train near the city of Wuerzburg. He could not confirm media reports that the attacker had been shot dead and said the police operation was still ongoing.

The rail line between Würzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed, the police spokesman said.

A man attacked passengers with cutting and stabbing weapons on a train near the German city of Wuerzburg late on Monday and wounded 10 to 15 people, four of them seriously, broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk reported, quoting German police.It said the attacker had been...